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This reminds me when I was playing Oblivion on Xbox 360 and there was a bug to get a ton of money from a specific NPC. It completely ruined the game for me by removing all motivati…

Many municipalities have gotten waivers for police & rescue to use drones. I don't see why the fire department would have any issues in getting clearance to ultimately help save th…

Once you go stock Android, you never go back. I love my Nexus 7 and the frequent, direct OTA updates from Google. My AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 got an update in the last month that tur…

So they are using a DVB stick to broadcast the video stream back to monitor the autonomous model airplane, which is awesome. I tried looking for a site where hobbyists are doing th…

Interesting hack, definitely some potential around socially aware devices. But that is a terribly horrible title for the post, it's misleading and probably makes more people not wa…

Whenever an article with price/inflation implications hits HN, it's like the gold-bug bat signal goes off.

Right, plaintext in dropbox? what about local encryption? saving personal notes in plaintext files...

checkout episode 5 of startups for the rest of us podcast, they address this exact question. http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-5-how...

Ignite puts on events in various locations. 5 min talks on interesting topics, slides advance automatically every 15 seconds. http://igniteshow.com/

Can someone expand on this a bit as to why this is true? "Businesses which take money from party A and pay some portion to party B are basically viewed as kryptonite crossed with r…

I'm trying to understand...is it the scale you plan to be at makes Twilio/Tropo not affordable? Because if SMS/Voice is really core to what you're doing, you can roll your own infr…

In what way was he condescending? To me it sounds like the area could use a higher quantity of and more experienced seed/venture funding.

They even use a "deals in your pants" line on the homepage.

I have worked in this space as well, as a recruiter for full-time roles and now account manager for contract staffing. The biggest thing is getting to know your candidates and unde…

I always thought a sports version of techmeme would be useful. Voila! http://sports.rawsignal.com

Is this built on the twilio platform? Or did you roll your own?

Is the news here that it is again available in the AT&T 3G version? I'm trying to determine if this is compatible with At&T 3G networks. If I understand correctly, you can buy one …

Are there businesses who have streamlined all of the operations, billing, furnishing, marketing, and setup of the co-working space for space owners, in exchange for a percentage of…

In my stats class in school, I volunteered for the coke vs. pepsi blind taste test. I had to guess which was which, and I was right 9/10 trials. Teacher was a bit shocked at that, …

If you have a revolutionary idea that could really change politics and you're keeping it for that perfect moment when everything in your life aligns, it's foolish. If the idea has …

This is a great example of why the U.S. needs startup visas (without $1 million requirement) to keep and encourage entrepreneurship in the U.S. and generate jobs + tax revenue. It'…